Gm        C             Gm      C
The milkmoons dwell in their quiet shells
   Gm         C            Dm       Dm
Where they fell from the heaven
 Gm           C       Gm               C
Two pearl fishermen hold their breath again
  Gm                 C                   Dm        Dm
Fight to the death again for the same prize

  Dm     Gm      C          Gm
Oh my brother, one of us loses
  Dm       G             Gm         C
One must drown and the other she chooses

  Gm              C             Gm        C
The jade of the blue offers diamonds to you
      Gm                C              Dm       Dm
But you find it's not true when the sun sets
    Gm           C
You dive far below
    Gm           C
Where the sun doesn't go
    Gm           C
Where your brother won't know
           Dm           Dm
And you hear her saying:

 Dm     Gm     C                Gm
"Oh my lover, now that you've found me
 Dm        G           Gm          C
Now your brother is bound to be drowned
 Dm          Gm          C        Gm
I don't know why you'd feud over me
 Dm           G          Gm             C
All those pearls lay asleep on the sea bed"


Dm  G   Dm   G   Dm   G   Dm  Gm  C  Gm  Dm  G  Gm  C

 Gm                C
The pearl in his hand
     Gm                 C
She's just a grain of sand
      Gm               C
She's dressed up as snow
            Dm   Dm
In the moonlight
     Gm       C
She's porcelain
       Gm       C
On his sallow skin
    Gm           C
He's been taken in
       Dm   Dm
By illusion

 Dm        Gm          C           Gm
Oh my brother, we're both of us losers
  Dm           G       Gm            C
I don't know why she ever did choose us
   Dm            Gm         C        Gm
To call one her lover and bury the other
    Dm             G              Gm      C
So I'll hold my breath 'til the story is over